תלא

Aramaic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *tall- (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛlɑʔ/

Noun

תלא • (telā) m (plural תלא)

1. hill
2. tell, mound, pile
3. ruins

References

• “tl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tlɑʔ/

Verb

תלא • (tlā)

1. to suspend, to hang

References

• “tly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press